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Book ,3 ^ 57 



Spartanburg City 



and: 



Spartanburg County 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



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Written for the 

Chamber of Commerce of Spartanburg, South Carolina 

by J. W. Simpson, Chairman of 

Statistics Committee 



Officers of the Chamber of Commerce : 
President, W. E. Burnett Treasurer, J. M. Connor Secretary, W. S. Glenn 



PRESS O^ 



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SlASHVILLE. 



INDEX 



Spartanburg' City 

PAGE 

Lncalion '. . , . 7 

Water Supply S 

Sewerage H 

Population 9 

City Goveriiinent m 

Property and Taxation 10 

Municipal Advantages 11 

Railway Facilities 11-12 

Public Buildings 12-13 

Educational Advantages 13-16 

The South Atlantic States Music Festival 16-17 

Public Library 20 

Newspapers 20 

Churche.s 20 

Commerce and Industries 21 

Banking 21-23 

Building and Loan Associations 22 

Commerce 24-25 

Enterprises 26-27 

Business Openings 27 

Spartanburg County 

Population 30 

Resources ^o 

Cotton Manufactories 30-32 

Other Products 13 

Cattle Raising 34 

Mineral Wealth 34-35 

Mineral Springs 35-36 

Forestry 36-37 

Water Powers 37 

Farm Lands 37 

^o^t 37 

Summary 3t> 





A FEW FACTS 


The 


population of the cit>- of Spartanburg is . . . 14,000 


The 


assessed value of its propert.v is ... . -^3,555,845 


The 


actual value is about .$8,889,612 


The 


bonded indebtedness is $139,500 




Its municipal advantages are its churches. 




schools, colleges, sewerage system, street paving. 




trolley system, lighting system, waterworks, and 




public buildings. 


The 


population of Spartanburg County is ... . 65,560 


The 


assessed value of its property is ... . .;5{ii,856,583 


The 


actual ^•alue of its property is .... .^29,641,462 


The 


bonded indebtedness is #165,800 




It embraces 598,654 acres, of which 224,212 




acres are improved. 




It is the greatest cotton manufacturing county 




in the South, and Spartanburg city is the center. 




Every product of the temperate zone will 




flourish in this countw 




An equable climate, invigorating and ener- 




gizing throughout the year. 



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SPARTANBIRG, S. C. 

THE GtM OF THE PIEDMONT 


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I HERE lies in the Piedmont region of Sonth Carolina, among the foothills 
of the Blue Ridge mountains, in a climate equable and delightful, a 
beautiful, modern and progressive city. Its streets humming with the 
bustle of commerce, its factories throbbing with energy, its schools, its 
colleges, its magnificent paved streets, its thousands of beautiful resi- 
dences, its public buildings and churches, its many and varied commercial 
and industrial enterprises, its banks, its newspapers, its railway facilities, 
and its fourteen thousand inhabitants reveal to the world a center of 
activity and culture, a city with wonderful things accomplished, and an 
assured future. Such is Spartanburg, S. C, in 1903. 



Location 



The city of Spartanburg, the county seat and business center of Spar- 
tanburg County, is situated in the northwestern part of South Carolina, 
within twenty-five miles of the Blue Ridge mountains, which can be 
plainly .seen from the city. The city occupies the summits of a succes- 
sion of ridges, and is eight hundred and sixteen feet above the level of 
the sea. It is on the trunk line of the Southern Railway from Washing- 
ton to Atlanta, and from Charleston to Cincinnati, being twelve and one- 
half hours from Washington, D. C, and four and one-half hours from 
Atlanta, Ga. 

The city limits embrace seven square miles, are circular in form, the 
county court-house being the center, and have a diameter of three miles. 
Spartanburg is in latitude thirty-five degrees north, and has a climate uniformly mild 
and temperate, favorable to vigor of mind 
and health of body. Extremes of tempera- 
ture are unknown. The winters are mild 
and delightful, rareU' falling below twenty- 
five degrees, and the summers are never 
oppressive, the temperature scarcely ever 
reaching ninety-five degrees. The atmos- 
phere is free from humidity, malaria is un- 
known, and the air is bracing and tonic. 

In addition to the fine natural and cli- 
matic conditions, the city of Spartanliurg 
has a pure water supply and a magnificent 
system of sewerage, which, together, cause a record for heallhfulness that cannot be sur- 
passed by any citj' of its size in the country. 




.STREUT \Ii;\V, bP.VRTANBURG, S. C. 



Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 



W^ater Supply 



The city is supplied with an abundance of pure water brought into the houses of the 
citizens from a running stream beyond the city limits. Chemical analysis has shown the 
water to be as pure as the drinking water of any city, and this purit>- is ensured by the 
direct ownership, by the water company, of lands covering nearly all the drainage area trib- 
utary to the stream. The plant supplying the water is modern and up-to-date, and the 
supply, both for domestic use and fire protection, is ample. Owing to this protection, the 
insurance rates are much lower than they would otherwise be. 

The fire department has proved most efficient in the past, and the cit\' has never had 
an extensive conflagration. 





M0RG.\N SQUARE 



Sewerage 



Spartanburg has a magnificent system of sewerage, embracing the whole city, and con- 
structed with the clo.sest attention to the laws of scientific drainage. Her position upon a 
.series of high ridges affords fine natural drainage of all surface matter into the intervening 
and neighboring water courses. The city, through an able board of health and a sanitary 
inspector, gives con.stant and close attention to the cleanliness of the city, with the result 
that all sources of disea.se are removed, and the city is remarkably free from sickness. 



Spartanburg, S. C. — City and Col-nty 



Population 




The city of Spartanburg, according to the census of igoo, had a population of 11,395, 
which did not include the suburbs. Including the suburbs, and adding the increase in two 
years at the rate of increase for the preYious five years, a conservative statement of the pop- 
ulation on January i, 1903, will 
be fourteen thousand people. 

As an augury of what the 
future has in store for Spartan- 
burg it is instructive to glance 
at the strides made within the 
last few years in all lines, and 
the growth in population has 
been no exception to the rule. 
According to the United States 
census reports : 

In 1870 tlie population was 1,050 
" 18S0 " " " 3,25.^ 

" 1890 " " " 5,550 

" 1900 " " " I [,395 

" 1902 it is estimated at 14,000 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHDRCH 

These figures, while strik- 
ing in themselves, are chiefly valuable as revealing the desirability of Spartanburg as a 
place of residence to those who are familiar with her advantages. And in this table no 

reference is made to the thousands 
in the county who are brought into 
quick and constant touch with the 
city bj- trolley lines, and to whom 
the city is the market, the source 
of supplies, and the center of things 
educational and social. 

The inhabitants of the cit}.-, 
drawn from all over the United 
States by the advantages offered by 
the rich tributary country and by 
the county population dependent 
on the city as the center, are dis- 
tingui.shed by their public spirit, 
their business pluck, their hospi- 
tality to strangers, and the absolute unit\ with which they work for the advancement of 
their cilw 




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.Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 




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WEST END GRADED SCHdOI. 



City Government 



Tlie gOYernmeiit of the city is by a mayor and cit)- council, elected every two years. 
It is at present entrusted to a verj- energetic and progressive council, without exception 
young men, headed by a broad-minded and very active mayor. No city in the land is 
better served by her public servants than Spartanburg, and in their hands her finances are 
safe and her progress sure. 

The peace and order of the city are preserved by a well-manned and equipped police 
force, with head offices in a large stone structure owned by the city, and used also as a 
place of detention for violators of city ordinances. 



Propertx and Taxation 



In Spartanburg, as in all South Carolina, by the system of assessing property no prop- 
erty is returned for taxation at its actual value, but at about forty per cent of its value. 
With this system in force, the taxable property returned in the cit\- amounts to $3,555,845, 
and the rate of taxation is one and one-fourth per cent. By a simple calculation it is found 
that the value of the property of the city is $8,889,612, and the tax rate is reduced to one- 
half of one per cent. These figures do not include school, church, and government prop- 
erty, all of which is exempt from ta.xation. 

The bonded indebtedness of the city is $139,500. 



SPARTANBUKt;, S. C. CiTY AN]) COUNTY 



Municipal Advantages 






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The city of Spartanburg has an up-to-date, well-managed electric light and gas plant, 
which serves the citizens at reasonable rates. It has a system of electric railway which 

traverses five streets of the city, and which extends for 
nine miles into the country. It reaches six factories, and 
brings the factory towns into such close contact with the 
city that for the purposes of trade they are practically one 
witli the city. In these villages are six thousand people. 
It has a park, where in the summer months amusement 
is furnished nightly for those who enjoy a trolley ride into 
the country. The gas and electric plant and the trolley 
system are under private ownership. 

It has paved a large area of its streets and squares 
with vitrified brick, and no city in the country, of any size, has finer paving than vSpartan- 




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RESIDENCE 



burg. It owns a valua 
other property connected 
chased at the cost of 
ing the offices of the 
located; and, in addition, 
seating seven hundred 
States post-office, both of 
enue to the city. The 
shortly be removed to a 
be erected. 




ble city hall building, and 
with it, built and pur- 
$25,000. In this build- 
municipal government are 
a commodious theater, 
people, and the United 
which are sources of rev- 
post-office, however, will 
government building to 



SCENE ON NORTH CONVERSE STREET 



I^ail"way Facilities 



There is no point in the State that is better sup- 
plied with railroads than Spartanl)urg. They radiate in 
five different directions, affording easj' and rapid com- 
munication North, South, East, and West, and the facil- 
ities for handling freights in all directions are recognized 
to be so complete that many solid train-loads, such as 
cement, bananas, etc., are sent direct from Charleston, 
the port of entry, to SparJ,anburg for distribution. The 
main line of the Southern from Washington to Atlanta 
passes through the heart of the city. The city is con- 
nected with the Great West via the vSpartanburg & Ashe- 
ville Railroad, the most direct route to the West from this State. By means of this road 
also the coal fields of East Tennessee are brought to the doors of the numerous steam ])lants. 




RESIDENCE 



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Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 



not only in and near the city of Spartanburg, but to the many cotton mills of the State. 
The Charleston &. Western Carolina Railroad is the main and direct line to Augusta and all 
territory tributary to that city, and has been an important factor in building up the city. 

In addition to the roads now in operation, there are other lines in contemplation, nota- 
bly the extension of the Glenn Springs Railroad to Union : the extension of the Lockhart 
Railroad from Lockhart, in Union County, to Chester, which will open up the eastern sec- 
tion of the State to S]3artanburg ; and, most important of all. the building of the Spartan- 
burg & Rutherfordton Road, which will ultimately secure connection with lines in East Ten- 
nessee and West Virginia. 




CKNTR.'il. METHODIST CHI'RCH 



Public Buildings 



The public buildings of the city are many and beautiful. In addition to the cil\- hall, 
mentioned previously, there are the county court-house, a massive and graceful structure, 
erected at a cost of $65,000, and situated in the midst of a four-acre lot, displaying to 
advantage its imposing structure; a county jail, erected at the rear of the same lot at a 
cost of $35,000; two hotels and many boarding-houses, which make a stay attractive to 
visitors, and several liundred commodious and well-stocked mercantile houses supplying the 
needs of the citizens of the city and county. The city owns three very hand.some, large 
public school buildings for the white children, and one frame building for negroes. The.se 
buildings would be an ornament to an_\- citw and they pos.vess ever\- modern improvement. 



Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 




RESIDENCE 



These buildings, a public li- 
brary, well stocked with all 
classes of books, two iiiag- 
uificeiitly built and finely 
equipped colleges, a hand- 
some government building 
for post-office purposes, au- 
thorized by Congress and 
shortly to be erected, and 
many beautiful modern 
churches, lend beauty to the 
appearance of the city, and 
are the conservators of a high 
public moral tone, as well as 
the guarantee of an intelli- 
gent educated bodj- politic. 



educational Advantages 




As the basis of all well-directed growth of any communitx nothing is as essential as 
proper educational advantages, from the 
primary up through the academic, to the 
higher college education, and in this 
particular Spartanburg is peculiarly for- 
tunate. 

Public ScHools 

Few cities have a public school sys- 
tem more thoroughly equipped and more 
intelligently directed than the one in 
Spartanburg. With four handsome, well- 
equipped buildings, with a superintendent 
of experience, and a corps of thirty-two 
trained teachers, the children of Spartan- 
burg have an unsurpassed opportunity 
for laxing a foundation on which to build 
for the future. 

The total enrollment of pupils for 
this \ear is two thousand one hundred 
and fifty-nine; of these, two-thirds of the 
children are white, and one-third are ne- 
groes. The cost of maintaining these 
schools is $16,700 a \-ear, and the cost 
to the city for each pupil is $1.09 per 
year. These schools, of which the city vncw on i:i.ixtkic railway 




SpARTANBI'RG, S. C. — CiTV AND COUNTV 



is so justly proud, train the chil- 
dren in the primary department, 
carry them through the academic, 
and deliver them ready for admit- 
tance to the colltges and univer- 
sities of the land. 

It is not necessary, however, 
to go outside the confines of the 
city to find higher educational fa- 
cilities for men or for women. It 
is the proud boast of the city that 
her colleges offer as much and have 
produced as great results as any 
colleges of the Souih. 




EPISCOP.AL CHURCH 



AA'^offord College 

Spartanbtirg is the home of Wofford College. It has really grown up around this insti- 
tution, and the fact that Spartanburg is a center of intellectual culture is largely due to 



this. Nearly half a cen 
founded by a gift of 
Benjamin Wofford. Since 
in resources and influence 
best - known institutions 
pecially for the thorough 
its work and the leader 
in all those activities now 
ing not only of Spartan 
entire South. It numbers 
who stand at the ver\ 
and in the great indus 
which .South Carolina is 




HIRD S-EYE VIEW OF MII.I, V1LI..4GE 



turj- ago the college was 

$100,000 from the Rev. 
then it has steadily grown 
till to-day it is one of the 
in the South — known es- 
ness and high quality of 
ship shown by its alumni 
making for the iip-build- 
burg itself, but also of the 
among its graduates men 
front in church and state, 
trial revolution through 
passing. 



The college is situated on a picturesque campus in a retired part of the city. With its 
classic imposing main building, its new science hall, its dormitory building, its gymnasium, 

its fitting school building, its six- 
teen professors' homes, its student 
cottages and its three hundred stu- 
dents, it forms an important com- 
munity in itself — a community de- 
voted to the training of men to do 
the world's work in an efficient 
way, and contributing largely to 
the best life of Spartanburg. 

A fitting school, having a 
modern $15,000 building, is main- 
tained in connection with Wofford 
ri,:.;de.nce College. It has a faculty of three 




Spartanburg, S. C. — CiTv and County 




COUNTY COURT-HOUSE 



masters and a matron, and 
an enrollment of one hun- 
dred and one pupils. 

Converse College 

Situated at the other 
end of the city is Converse 
College, one of the leading 
colleges for the higher ed- 
ucation of women in the 
South. 

Converse College was 
chartered by the State of 
South Carolina in 1889. 
It was established through 
the lil.)erai;ty of Mr. D. E. 
Converse, a resident of 
Spartanburg, and that of 
other citizens. It is in- 
tended to stand distinct- 
ively for the higher edu- 
cation of women, and is 

under the management of a self-perpetuating board, and absolutely free from church or slate 
control. It is beautifully situated, in the midst of a grove, on an eminence, and consists of 
five buildings. These buildings and grounds offer every facility for training the minds and 
bodies of the women who attend. The college has been established at a cost of $250,000, 

and has had an enrollment 
of over four hundred students 
for the last three years. It 
offers degrees in the collegi- 
1 ate and musical departments, 

' and certificates in the music, 

art, and expression depart- 
ments. 



OtHer Educational 
Advantages 

A prominent part of the 
educational system of Spar- 
tanburg, and a part which is 
intended to interest and in- 
struct that portion of her people who have passed their college days, as well as others, is 
the Wofford College Lecture Association, which brings to vSpartanburg, at a nominal cost to 
its members, each year many speakers and thinkers of renown, who contribute to the pleas- 
ure and the information of the members. The membership of this association is six hun- 







WHITNEY MILLS 



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Spartanburg, S. C. — City and Cointv 



dred, and under its auspices 
the following noted men have 
delivered lectures : Dr. E. 
Benj. Andrews, R. J. Bur- 
dette,Woodrow Wilson, Ham- 
ilton W. Mabie, E. Thomp- 
son Seton, Dr. E. A. Alder- 
man, Dr. C. T. Winchester, 
Geo. Kennon, Dr. D. J. Staf- 
ford, Geo. R. Wendling, and 
others. 

With a similar purpose, but with a far-reaching reputation, extending all over the South, 
is the South Atlantic States Music Festival. 




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XHe South y\tlantic States Music Festival 



The above music festival was inaugurated under the auspices of the Converse College 
Choral Society in the year 1894, ^^^d has been continued annually with success both extra- 
ordinary and unprecedented. Nine consecutive festivals have been held, involving an 
expenditure of between forty and fifty thousand dollars. A long list of world-renowned 
artists, which includes such singers as Madame Nordica, Madame Blauvelt, Herr Dippel and 
Signer Catnpanari : over forty concerts with orchestra of forty-five performers; the Thomas 
orchestra, and many bands; the public performance of such works as "The Creation," 
"The Messiah,' "Elijah," "St. Paul," "Hymn of Praise," "Faust," "Aida," etc.; 




AUDITORILM. CONVERSE COI.I.EC.l-; 



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CONVERSE COLLEGE DORMITORY 



symphonies and concertos, etc. These are onlj- a few of the records which Spartanburg 
has made in recent j'ears, and which she intends to add to in jears to come. The festi- 
vals are held in the auditorium of Converse College, which contains a $7,000 pipe organ. 
This auditorium became a necessitj-, owing to the phenomenal growth of the attendance 
upon the festival. It is universally acknowledged to be one of the finest auditoriums in 
the United States, the seating arrangements and accoustics being most excellent. 

Spartanburg justly claims the finst place among all the cities in the South for her musi- 



cal attainments and the musi 
citizens. 

Another institution which 
whole State is the South Car 
Dumb, and Blind, located at 
Spartanburg. It is beautifully 
and is composed of three mass 
ported by the State. Two 
ance now, and no institution 






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RESIDENCE 



cal opportunities offered her 

is an object of pride to the 
oliiia Institution for the Deaf, 
Cedar Springs, four miles from 
located in a magnificent grove, 
ive brick buildings. It is sup- 
hundred pupils are in attend- 
conlributes more to the good 



of the State than this. The management is recognized OYcr the United States as having 
no superior, and teachers trained at this .school for this line of work are in demand every- 
where. 



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Spaktanbirg, S. C. — Crrv and County 



Public Library 



Another institution of great value to the public is a well-equipped and endowed free 
library-, stocked with six thousand volumes of all classes of literature, and subscribing to 
all the current magazines. It is open day and night, and is a popular resort for those on 
pleasure or instruction bent. 



NeAvspapers 






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Properly coming under 
the head of education are 
the newspapers of Spartan- 
burg. They are conspicu- 
ous for the ability with which 
they are edited and for the 
excellent news service given. 
There are two dailies — a 
morning and an evening pa- 
per — and four weeklies. They enjoy a large patronage from subscribers and advertisers 
and are signal exidences of the city's prosperity. 



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MILL OF CLIFTON M.\NUFACTURINC C0MP.4NV 



CHurcHes 




HIRD S-EYE VIEW, COXVERSE .STREET 



The churches of Spartanburg 
are in keeping with the progress- 
ive spirit of the city. The First 
Presbyterian, the Central Method- 
ist, the Episcopal, and the Catholic 
are models of modern elegance and 
beauty, and the Baptists have de- 
cided to erect a $40,000 house of 
worship which will be as hand- 
some as any now in the city. Be- 
sides these tliere are many others, 
both for white and colored people, 
which contribute greatly to the ele- 
vation of tone of the citv. 



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Commerce and Industries 



The city of Spartanburg has not been one-sided 
in its growth and development. It has not allowed 
itself to get into a rut, devoting itself to the culti- 
vation of a particular line of activity, but has car- 
ried on simultaneously many lines, and is constantly 
seeking to add to those it possesses many which can 
be advantageously brought into its limits. Thus, 
while education and moral refinement has always 
received the hearU- support of the people of Spar- 
tanburg, the city has not become exclusively noted 
as a center of education and moral culture, but is 
even better known to the world on account of its 
volume of commerce and its many industrial enter- 
prises. 



BanKing 




CATHOLIC CHURCH 



There is no more important factor in the growth 
of any community, and no surer indication of its 
prosperity, than the lianks which it calls into existence, and which in their turn are instru- 
mental in establishing its various enterprises, and contribute to its general prosperity and 
advancement. The banks of Spartanburg are entitled to a prominent place in a statement 
of its advaniages. There are eight banks in the city, with an aggregate capital and surplus 




CONVERSE COI.LKC.E, MAIN HUII.DING 



Spartanburg, S. C. — City and Countv 



of over nine hundred thousand dollars, and deposits of a million and a quarter dollars. 
Besides these, there are two banks in the county which add forty thousand dollars in cap- 
ital and fort)- thousand dollars in deposits to these aggregates. 




TUCAPAII Mir.L 



Building and Loan Associations 



In addition to the banks of the city, there are four Iniilding and loan associations, 
which have been, and are now, important factors in the upbuilding of the cit\-. It is due 
largely to these associations that Spartanburg is so notably a city of homes. Thousands 
of dollars have thus been made available for building homes which without their instru- 
mentalitv would have been diverted into other channels. 




S1'.\RTAN MILI^, NOS. I AND 2 



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CAPITALIZATION 



Name 



Cai'itai, 



SURPIyUS 



Deposits 



Loans 



Real Estate 



First National Bank 

Merchants and Farmers Bank. 

Central National Bank 

Bank of Spartanburg 

American National Bank 

Fidelity Loan and Trust Co ... . 

Savings Bank 

Bank of Woodruff. 

Converse Savings Bank 

Southern Trust Co. (just org'd) . 



f 200, 000 00 

JOG, 000 00 

100,000 00 
94,800 GO 

100,000 00 
30.000 00 
50.000 00 
30,000 00 
10,000 00 

100,000 00 



$42,000 00 
41,122 00 
34,630 00 
20.596 00 

24,459 00 

IS. 815 64 
4,000 00 



fo33,Joo 00 

285,700 CO 

304,500 00 

69.700 00 

6 1 , 000 CO 

1S5.379 00 

166.666 00 

42,000 00 



$412,334 00 
333,016 00 
273,600 00 
150,813 00 

i 217,301 CO 

187,416 00 



f 14, 115 00 
9,500 00 



3,195 00 



8,455 00 



As an indication of the prosperity of these banks, they all paj' semi-annual dividends 
of from four to six per cent, and the two savings banks pay interest on deposits at the rates 
of four and four and a half per cent per year. 



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Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 



Commerce 




The volume of commerce, ren- 
dering such banking facilities nec- 
essary, and enabling them to prosper, 
is tremendous. Several hundred 
stores, stocked with the newest and 
most desirable classes of goods, 
cater to and supply the needs of 
the citizens of the city, as well as 
of a large county and mill village 
trade. Everything needed in al- 
most any line can be obtained in 
the city at fair prices. The cost of 
living is as low in Spartanburg as 
in any city of its size, and by rea- 
son of its fine railroad facilities, 
and the position it occupies in a 

most prosperous section of the State, Spartanburg is rapidly becoming a wholesale and a 
jobbing center. Wholesale houses in several lines, noticeably groceries and drugs, and 
many kinds of jobbers, such as shoes, drugs, china, etc., flourish heie, and do a large 
business over the surrounding territory. This line of business is only in its infancy now, 
and Spartanburg offers wonderful opportunities for jobbers in any line. A table (on the 
opp.jsite page) showing the kinds of business, the number of each kind, and the aggregate 
of the rated capital, is instructive. 



VIEW OF HUSINESS SECTION E.\ST MAIN STKEKT 








.STREET C.4RNIV.\I,, 1899 



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TABLE 

ShoNving l\incis of Business, Number of ElacK Mind, and 
^ggre^ate of IVated Oapital 



Business 



No. OF Firms 
Rated 



Rating 



Unrated 



Bakers 

Books and Stationery 

Brokers 

Broom Factory 

Butchers 

China 

Cigar Factory 

Coffin Factory 

Con fectioners 

Drugs, I retail ) 

Drugs, ( wholesale I 

Dry Goods 

Hlectrical Supply Company. .... 

Fertilizer Factory 

Fertilizer and Grain 

Furniture 

Groceries, (retail) 

Groceries, 1 wholesale) 

Hardware 

Harness 

Ice and Coal 

Jewelry 

Job Printers 

Livery 

Loom, Harness and Reed Factory 

Lumber 

Marble Yards 

Men's Furnishings 

Merchandise, (general ) 

Millinery 

Mill Supplies 

Musical Instruments 

Opticians 

Plumbers 

Photographers 

Roller Mill 

Shoes 

Steam Laundries 

Tailors 

Tobacco, I wholesale 1 

Top Roll Cover Factory 

Undertakers 

Vehicles 

Warehouse Company 

Total 









-> 


3 


$ 45,oco 


00 




3 


i3,5co 


00 


6 


5 


8,500 


00 


2 






I 


2 


3,000 


00 


3 


9 


[05,000 


00 




I 


50,000 


00 




9 


245,000 


fX3 




I 


5.000 


00 




4 


147.000 


00 




3' 


1 34 , 000 


00 




4 


70 , 000 


00 




4 


I 99 , 000 


00 




2 


30,000 


00 




3 


60,000 


00 




2 


30,000 


CO 


2 


3 


5,5.000 


00 


I 


4 


50.000 


00 




2 


3,000 


00 




4 


66,oco 


00 


3 


10 


264,500 


00 


4 


I 


5,000 


00 


I 


2 


130,000 


00 


2 






2 


2 


23,000 


00 




3 












2 


25,000 


00 


I 


I 


35,000 


00 


I 


4 
I 








20,000 


00 




2 


160,000 


00 




4 


110,000 


00 






10,000 


00 






$2,198,000 


00 





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Enterprises 



The inaiu industrial enterprise of the cit\- and count\- is, of course, the manufactuie of 
cotton, in which branch the county leads the South in the number of spindles and looms. 
However, this industry will be alluded to more extendedly under the bead of vSpaitanburg 
County. 

Numerous other enterprises thrive in the city. Some of these are the result of and 
dependent on the factories, and 
nearly all of them owe in a 
certain measure their prosper- 
ity to the proximity to the 
mills. Among them may be 
mentioned — roller mills, a 
broom factory, a soap factor}', 
a hard-wood plant, a cotton- 
.seed oil mill, a foundry, and 
several lumber plants, a fer- 
tilizer factory, a wagon fac- 
tory, a cigar factory, and a 
loom-harness and reed factor)-, 
the only one in the South. 
All of these are prospering, converse strkkt gradicd .scnooi. 







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and what has been accomplished in 
these lines can be accomplished in 
many others. 



Business Openings 



COUNTRY RESIDENCE 



Some of the enterprises for which 
special opportunities for success in 
Spartanburg exist are furniture facto- 
ries, a bleachery, shirt factories, bol)- 
bin and shuttle factory, carriage factorx-, 
trunk factory, watch factory, bucket, barrel and stave factory, spoke and handle factories, 
canning factories, pants factory, shirt and drawers factory, harness factory, in fact, any 
manufactory or enterprise which caters to local needs, or which profits by ready means of 
rapid and direct distribution over a large and prosperous territory. 



Spartanburg County 



Spartanburg County, the second county in the State of South Carolina in point of 
wealth and population, surpassing all others except Charleston, covers nine hundred and 
fifty square miles, or five 
hundred and ninety-eight 
thousand six hundred and 
fifty-four acres. The land 
is rolling and traversed 
by many water courses, 
contributing to its pro- 
ductiveness and furnish- 
ing many splendid water 
powers. The soil varies 
from a gray sandy loam, 
with a red clay sub-soil, 
to a red clay loam, with 
a stiff red clay sub-.soil. 
It is very fertile and easily 
cultivated, and yields 
abundant crops. Of this 
county, according to census report of lyoo, two hundred and twenty-four thousand two hun- 
dred and twelve acres are improved. 




RESIDENCE OK MRS. H. T. CONVERSE 



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Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 



Population 



The population of the county has in- 
creased ahnost fiftj- per cent in the last 
ten years, and this in spite of the fact 
that two of its most populous townships 
have been added to another county. In 
1890, it was 45,945, and in 1900, 65,560. 
Of these, 43,886 are white, and 21,672 
are colored. 

The property returned for taxation, 
personal and real, in 1902, was $1 1 ,856,583, 
an increase of over fourteen per cent in 
five years. The as,sessed value is esti- 
mated at forty per cent of the actual 
value, and on this basis the total value 
of property in the county is $29,641,462. The rate of taxation for the State and county 
for the year 1902 was seventeen and three-fourths mills on the assessed value, including 
two and three-fourths mills for Spartanburg school district. If taxes were paid on the 
actual value, the rate would be only a little more than ten mills. The bonded indebted- 
ness is $165,800, a mere bagatelle when measured in 
comparison with the twenty-nine and a half millions of 
property in the countw 




RESIDENCE 




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esources 



The staple crop of the county is, of course, cotton, 
of which forty thousand bales are raised annually, 
which, at an average price of $35, a conservative figure, 
amounts to $1,400,000. 



STREET VIEW 



Cotton Manufactories 



A market for this staple is found almost in the fields. None of it need be shipped, 
for in this case the factories have literally come to the cotton. 

Spartanburg County has more money invested in cotton manufactories, and more spin- 
dles and looms tlian any county in the South. Twenty-five years ago, Spartanburg had 
several small cotton mills, with not more than eight thousand spindles. To-day it has 
twenty-eight mills, and is the recognized center of this indu.stry in the South, with an 
invested capital of $7,413,000. and with five hundred and forty-three thousand eight hundred 
and twenty-two .spindles and fifteen thou.sand .six hundred and seventy-six looms. 



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The importance of this industry to the county, and the wonderful impetus it gives to 
many other industries, can be readily seen when it is remembered that this industry puts into 
circulation in the county $119,600 per month in wages, that it employs more than eight 
thousand people in the mills, and supports a population of over twenty thousand people, 
besides the enormous sums spent in the purchase of cotton. All the people connected with 
the mills must be fed, clothed, and made comfortable in their homes, and farmers, merchants, 
and dealers in supplies have a constant and large demand upon them to meet these needs. 
The constant growth of these needs gives increased opportunities for truck gardeners, farm- 
ers, fruit-growers, and merchants of all kinds, the supply of which is much smaller than the 
present demand for them. 

No reference has yet been made to the many allied industries which dot the county, 
and which employ hundreds of people and pay out thousands of dollars monthly, giving 
support to many people. There are yarn mills, oil mills, and cotton-seed oil mills, all of 
which are very prosperous, pay handsome dividends to their owners, besides relieving the 
farmers of the by-products of their staple crop. 



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TABLE 

Giving Narrie of Mill, Oapital Investeci, Operating Expenses, Bales of Cotton Cons\in>eci, etc. 



Name 



Capital Spindi.es 



Looms 



Monthly 
Pay-Roli, 



Operatiyes V'illage 



Bales 
Cotton 



Arkwright 

Apalache 

Arcadia (just organized) . . . 

Beaumont 

Cowpeus 

Clifton — I, 2 and 3 

D. E. Converse Co. -land 2 
Drayton (in construction I . 

Enoree 

Fingerville 

Inman 

Island Creek 

Mary Louise 

Pacolet- I, 2 and 3 

Spartan — i and 2. . 

Saxon Mills 

Tucapau 

Tyger 

Victor Mfg. Co 

Valley P'alls 

Woodruff 

Whitney 

Totals 



$ 200,000 
350,000 
200,000 
too, 000 

60,000 

I ,000,000 

500,000 

250,003 

700,000 

50 , 000 
300,000 



20,256 
20,000 
1 2 , 500 
3,888 
10.000 
lor ,024 

37,396 
12,500 
30.720 
9,000 
18,336 



25,000 


1 ,040 


50,000 


2, 112 


I , 000 , 000 


59,332 


I , 000 . oco 


So . 000 


350,000 


25 , 080 


269,000 


30,144 


I0O,C0O 


6,144 


350,000 


26,880 


75.000 


3,400 


2CO,O00 


13.500 


284,000 


20,570 


17,413.000 


543,822 



604 
400 

304 



264 

3,254 

1,068 

250 

986 



444 



2.202 
2,458 
600 
S40 
176 
684 
100 
312 
730 



15.676 



I 6,000 
4,000 

4,000 

2,000 

3o,5co 

5.000 

8,500 

2, oco 

3,000 

200 

400 

1 6 , 000 

15,500 

6,000 

5.000 

2,000 

5,000 

2,000 

2.500 

5,000 



|ll9,6oo 



365 

300 

400 

175 

1,700 

260 

600 

175 

225 

20 

35 

1 .I03 

I ,200 

350 

380 
125 
400 
100 
185 
400 



8,495 



1,000 

I ,oco 
200 

300 

3,600 

800 

1,800 

300 

600 

80 

no 
3,000 
2,500 

600 
I ,oco 

300 

1 ,200 
400 

350 
800 



19,940 



10,000 

3,000 



2.500 
48,000 
II ,000 

14,000 

3,000 

3,000 

400 

Soo 

35, coo 

17,000 

4,000 

5.000 

1,600 

4,000 

800 

2,000 

10,000 



175.100 



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OtKer Products 




Spartanl:)urg County is not de- 
pendent, however, on its cotton. Any 
farm product, and any fruit of the 
temperate zone, can be grown profit- 
ably in this county. The productive- 
ness of the soil varies as it does every- 
where, but a hi.gh average prevails; 
and, b\- the moderate u^e of fertilizers, 
good yields can be obtained ever\ 
)'ear. In fact, the qualities of cli- 
mate and soil are such that from two 
to three successive crops can be ob- 
tained from the land each year, thus 
enabling the farmers to reap returns 
at all seasons. All farm products, 

all fruits, an.l all vegetables find a ready market, at remunerative prices, in the city and in 
the many villages of the county. 

The following farm products, with the average .selling prices, gives a very clear idea of 
one source of the wealth of the county : 

Cotton, ((I 7 cents to lo cents per pound. 
Wheat, fe $1 . lo per bushel. 
Corn, @ 75 cents per bushel. 
Peas, % Ji.oo per bushel. 
Oats, @ 50 cents per bushel. 
Potatoes (White), (§' |i.oo per bushel. 
Potatoes (Sweet), (Sj fi.oo per bushel. 

Barley, Rye, Clover, Alfalfa, all hays, at J 16. 00 to I20.00 per ton. 

Besides which, Cabbages, Turnips, Peanuts, all vegetables, all fruits, and all other farm products of the 
temperate zone are raised and sell at good prices. 



ENOREE MANUFACTURING CO. 




CLIFTON MANUFACTURING CO. MILL NO. 3 



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Spartanburg, S. C— City and County 



Cattle Raising 



Particular attention should be invited to a comparatively unoccupied field, which offers 
almost unlimited opportunities for the investor and home seeker. No section of the South 

is better adapted to cattle raising 
than Spartanburg County. Splendid 
pasturage exists for eight months of 
the j'ear, and it is not absolutely 
necessary to shelter the stock for the 
remaining four. Bermuda grass, 
which makes the finest hay in the 
world, grows luxuriantly without 
cultivation, and will yield from one 
to four tons per acre without effort. 
fci^. iiMwjiiiL • '"'^■■PP* It cannot be killed. Cattle can thus 

be raised without expense, and can 
be sold at good prices in the local 
markets; or, by reason of the splendid railway facilities, shipped at a handsome profit to 
the larger cities. All of the bj^-products of cattle raising find a readj' and remunerative 
local sale. 




DAIRY FARM 



Mineral WealtK 



Upon the authority of one of the most noted mineralogists it can be stated that not 
another county in the United States affords an equal variet}- of minerals. Mono/.ite, lead, 
silver, copper, graphite, as- 
bestos, plumbago, manga- 
nese, limestone, marble, 
granite of the finest quality, 
soapstone, gold, and others 
are found in more or less 
abundance. The largest 
granite works in the county 
supplies such a fine quality 
that it is shipped all over 
the country. Several gold 
mines are now being profit 
ably worked. Prof Lieber, 
in his geological report, says: 
" England, with all her man- 
ufacture of iron, would re- 
joice to be able to boast of 
one single region where iron 
ores of this (juality occurred clevkland oi-i-icic huii.ding 




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35 



in equal abundance." Spartanburg has man\- natural resources of which she is justly 
proud. Among these are her mineral resources and her mineral waters. 



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MONUMENT TO GEN. MORGAN 



Mineral Springs 




The oldest of her mineral springs is Glenn Springs, which was discovered about 1800. 
It had at first only a local reputation, but as the years went by the circle of its patronage 
widened, bringing annually 
thousands of invalids in 
search of health. 

The present owners of 
Glenn Springs commenced 
shipping the water in order 
to supply the pressing need 
of those who could not for 
various reasons go to the 
spring. At first it was 
shipped only to the near-by 
towns ; then, as its curative 
powers became better known , 
into the adjoining States. 
Now the .shipping of the 
water ranks as one of Spar- 
tanl)urg's extensive enterprises. A large carbonating plant has been put in, and the .sales 
of carbonated water and carbonated drinks, such as ginger ale, etc., have increased rapidly. 

vSpartanburg has besides Glenn vSprings another spring, White vStone Lithia, which is 



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Spartanbukg, S. C. — City and County 




OPERA HOUSE AND CITY HALI, 



shipping a great deal of plain 
water, carbonated water, and 
ginger ale. 

Cherokee Springs, West 
Springs, and Garret Springs, 
which are chalybeate waters, 
have a recognized medicinal 
value when taken at the 
springs. 

Nature has indeed en- 
dowed Spartanburg with won- 
derful natural advantages, and 
she has developed them to a 
remarkable degree. She is 
proud of her health record 
and of her wonderful cura- 
tive waters. 

At Glenn Springs and 
White Stone Springs large 
modern hotels have been 
built, which offer all the 
comforts and conveniences 
which the summer tourist 
could wish. 

Glenn Springs is con- 
nected bj' rail with Spartan- 
burg, and White Stone Springs 
can be reached from Spartan- 
burg l)y driving only eight 
miles over a very jiictnresque 
Both of the.se springs have 



road, or by a car line from a point on the Southern Railway 

beautiful natural scenery, and are delightful places to spend the summer months. 

Spartanburg County offers education 
and refinement, wealth and business activ- 
ity, contentment and health. What more 
could be desired ? 



Forestry 



Not only is Spartanburg Countv rich 
in soil, in minerals ami mineral waters, 
but it is rich in woods. Much of the 
county is covered by its virgin growth, 
and all kinds of woods, adapted to all 




SUmiRUAN RAILWAY (ELECTRIC) VIEW 



Spartanburg, S. C— City and County 



37 



purposes, can be found in more or less alnindance, and in magnificent proportions. In the 
forestry exhibit at the Charleston Kxposilion, Spartanburg had on view specimens of one 
hundred and five distinct varieties, the most plentiful of which are yellow pine, oaks of every 
kind, hickory, walnut, chestnut, 
maple, poplar, dog-wood, etc. 



Water Po-wers 



In spite of the numerous 
mills dotting the water courses 
of the county, and utilizing the 
power, there still remains unde- 
veloped much power which can 
be obtained, and which is not 
too inconveniently located. Of 
such power there is at least sev- 
enty - five hundred horse - power 
within an average distance of five 
miles from a railroad, and easily 
accessible. 




L.WING \ITR1HKD HKICK, 1 yOO 



Farm Lands 



The County of Spartanburg, while the second in population in the State, is not densely 
populated. Desirable lands for all kinds of farming, truck gardening, fruit raising, cattle 

raising, can be had at reasonable 
prices. Water courses are nu- 
merous and wood land abundant, 
so that everything necessary to 
the success of the farmer can be 

^ ^tt^MLi^ ^%^l^l^rflllW ^^'"^^ ^" abundance and in con- 

* .^l^H^^^^fc«fc.^ #h^^^H^K"i»ij!**V. junction. A little less than one- 

half the land of the county is 
improved, the balance being un- 
improved farm lands. 




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.STATE IN.STITUTION FOR DKAK, IJUMB, AND BLIND 



Cost 



This farm land can be had 
at prices varying from $5 to $40 
per acre, depending on the improvement and the proximity to the city. Good average 
farms can be had, conveniently situated, at from $8 to $17 per acre. 



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Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 



Summary 




RESIDENCE 

every opportunity for a person of determ 
A county rich in soil, delightful in 
mineral and vegetable; 
water powers yet undevel- 
oped, awaiting the touch 
of man ; a great and grow- 
ing industry, supplying 
demands for all the prod- 
ucts of the soil, and a vir- 
gin country, all smiling 
and lovely, offering de- 
lightful homesteads at 
moderate cost. 



The cit}- and the 
county desires energetic, 
progressive, and intelli- 
gent people all over the 
world, who are seeking 
homes, to come to Spar- 
tanburg. With this in 
view she presents thus 
briefly some of the things 
which must attract such 
people. 

A city prosperous, 
progressive, growing, with 
all the improvements of a 
city : a people refined, ed- 
ucated, and hospitable, and 
ination to achieve success and wealth, 
climate, with untold wealth of natural resources, 



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